Table 4.

GCAs and relative ranking (italics) for yield per plant (Kg), total soluble solids (TSS, °Brix), and earliness (DTR) of the eight parents used in the diallel cross evaluated in six environments (LT = Latina, PG = Perugia).

		LT 2014		PG 2014		LT 2015		PG 2015		LT 2016		PG 2016
	Parent †	GCA	Rank	GCA	Rank	GCA	Rank	GCA	Rank	GCA	Rank	GCA	Rank
Yield	1	−1.876	8	−0.757	6	−0.971	8	−1.247	7	−2.355	8	−1.811	8
	2	−1.016	6	−0.729	5	−0.084	3	−1.289	8	−0.689	6	−1.685	7
	3	1.116	2	−0.767	7	−0.537	5	−0.363	4	−0.053	3	0.718	3
	4	−1.052	7	−0.851	8	−0.798	7	−0.455	5	−1.743	7	−1.559	6
	5	−0.528	5	−0.533	4	−0.105	4	−0.588	6	−0.422	5	−1.115	5
	6	0.389	4	−0.284	3	−0.551	6	−0.071	3	−0.381	4	−0.544	4
	7	2.098	1	2.440	1	1.437	2	2.592	1	2.482	2	4.056	1
	8	0.869	3	1.481	2	1.609	1	1.420	2	3.161	1	1.941	2
TSS	1	0.293	3	0.316	4	1.128	1	1.502	2	1.408	2	NA ‡
	2	0.575	2	1.301	1	0.994	2	1.712	1	1.473	1	NA
	3	0.206	4	−0.022	5	−0.312	6	0.204	3	0.355	4	NA
	4	0.055	5	0.760	2	−0.007	5	0.059	5	−0.188	6	NA
	5	−0.804	7	−0.913	7	−0.685	7	−0.813	7	−1.371	7	NA
	6	−0.701	6	0.535	3	0.358	4	0.195	4	−0.124	5	NA
	7	−1.078	8	−1.307	8	−2.138	8	−2.496	8	−2.259	8	NA
	8	1.454	1	−0.671	6	0.662	3	−0.362	6	0.706	3	NA
Earliness	1	−1.026	2	0.542	6	−0.458	3	−0.947	3	−0.264	2	1.925	7
	2	2.501	8	1.608	7	3.353	8	1.864	7	2.847	8	−0.297	3
	3	0.729	6	0.408	5	1.208	7	0.086	4	1.347	7	0.292	4
	4	1.140	7	2.308	8	0.819	6	2.064	8	1.036	6	3.725	8
	5	0.518	5	−0.481	2	0.697	5	−1.203	2	−0.186	3	−2.431	2
	6	−0.260	4	0.197	4	0.642	4	1.242	5	0.292	5	1.125	6
	7	−3.076	1	−4.625	1	−5.281	1	−4.492	1	−5.197	1	−4.953	1
	8	−0.526	3	0.042	3	−0.981	2	1.386	6	0.125	4	0.614	5

^† The names of the parents are: 1 = Vedrantais; 2 = Ita1; 3 = Ogen; 4 = Top Mark; 5 = Magyar Kincs; 6 = Hale’s Best Jumbo; 7 = PI414723; 8 = PI161375. ^‡ NA, not available.